Shopping mall
customers were left in shock after a woman, from the Himba tribe in Opuwo,
Namibia, popped into a grocery store to do some shopping.
According to
Swedish wildlife and documentary photographer Bjorn Persson, who spotted her as
he was picking some bits and pieces up from a supermarket.
“The lady took
me completely by surprise, as I was just doing my grocery shopping in a local
supermarket while filming a documentary about the Himba tribe,” Bjorn
explained.
“She did not
notice me at first, but after a while she realised what I was doing.
“The Himba
women always dress like that, no matter if they are at home in their village or
visiting the big, modern cities.
“It’s for
their own beauty and tradition. They don’t just dress up for tourists as some
other tribes do.
“The hair and
whole body is covered with a certain kind of mud to protect them from the sun,
and the clothes are mostly made of goat skin.”
It’s thought
the lady is in her 20s, and she was seen perusing the washing powder aisle.
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